When your spinal cord is affected by the disease ... have worsened for at least one year and you should have typical MS ...

New data suggest the frequency of damage and repair processes correlates with disease severity and disability in multiple ...

Brain and spinal cord lesions are characteristic of multiple sclerosis. We wanted to understand which cells are part of the lesions and their dynamics over time.” Petra Kukanja, Study Co-First Author, ...

An international team of researchers led by Professor Dr. Lucas Schirmer and Professor Dr. Julio Saez-Rodriguez from the ...

MS is characterized in part by your immune system’s attack on myelin. The nerves are vulnerable to damage as the myelin degrades. Scarring, or lesions, can appear on the brain, spinal cord ...

B cells normally can’t cross from your blood into your brain or spinal cord. If you have MS, some B cells enter your brain and spinal cord and attack the myelin sheath that protects your nerves.

In vivo tracking of stem cells in brain & spinal cord lesions MRI detection as well as histological analysis demonstrated that grafted adult as well as embryonic stem cells labeled with SPIO ...

Scientists will use $1 million from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to explore ways to stop astrocytes from damaging ...

The term “sclerosis” refers to the scarring caused by the disease, which manifests as lesions or plaques in the brain or spinal cord. There is currently no cure for multiple sclerosis.

Several studies have demonstrated that SPIO-labeled stem cells migrate into a brain or spinal cord lesion after transplantation; MRI detection was confirmed by histological analysis with iron ...